Hugh the Abbot (d.886) was a member of the Welf family, a son of Conrad I of Auxerre and Adelaide. His mother remarried after Conrad's death to Robert the Strong, the margrave of Neustria. On Robert's death in 866, Hugh became the regent and guardian for Robert's sons, Odo and Robert. Events The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionairies from Constantinople, is adopted in the Bulgarian Empire. ... The House of Welf (or House of Guelph) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th century until the 20th century. ... Robert the Strong (died September 15, 866) was a count of Tours. ... Margrave is the English and French form (recorded since 1551) of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... Neustria & Austrasia The territory of Neustria originated in A.D. 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities. ... Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts as head of state, especially if not the monarch (who has higher titles). ... A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. ... Odo (or Eudes) (c. ... Robert I (c. ...

Hugh entered the church and rose to become abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. He was not a layman, though neither a peaceful, contemplative clergyman: he was the epitome of the warrior-prelate of his age. King Charles the Bald sent him on amilitary expedition to the Nivernais. One can see in this the clerical tendency to support the reigning dynasty against the great vassals. Hugh welcomed Charles when the king had to flee during an 858 invasion of Louis the German, when his vassals refused him aid and rebelled under Robert the Strong. When Robert regained favour, Hugh was exiled to Lotharingia, where he became archbishop of Cologne. He was called back to France soon, however. Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Nevers is a commune of central France, the préfecture (capital) of the Nièvre département, in the former province of Nivernais. ... Events Patriarch Ignatius is imprisoned and (December 25) deposed to be succeeded by patriarch Photius I. Louis the German invades West Francia, hoping to secure Aquitaine from his brother Charles the Bald, but fails. ... Louis the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian or German Ludwig der Deutsche) (804 – August 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, was the king of Bavaria from 817, when his father partitioned the empire... Robert the Strong (died September 15, 866) was a count of Tours. ... Lotharingia (yellow), as established by the Treaty of Verdun, 843, and reduced by the Treaty of Mersen, 870 Lotharingia was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia (reigned 855–869), who received it in 855 from his father, Lothair I... The Archbishopric of Cologne was one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

In 866, upon Robert's death, Hugh received all the former's abbacies, including Noirmoutiers and Saint-Martin de Tours, counties, including Tours, and the margraviate between the Seine and the Loire (Neustria). The only lands the sons of Robert inherited were in Beauce and Touraine. Despite being an enemy of Robert's in life, he became his children's guardian. Hugh was endued with great political sense and fought the Vikings vigorously. He was the archchaplain of the royal court and one of the chief ministers of the joint-kings Louis III and Carloman. Hugh tried to maintain the alliance of the related Carolingian monarchs against the Vikings. He united all the Carolingian kingdoms against the usurper Boso of Provence. He supported Charles the Fat on his succession to West Francia in 884, but he died before he could lend aid to the defence of Paris during the siege of 885-886. Noirmoutier-en-lÎle, commonly referred to as Noirmoutier, is a commune in the Vendée département in western France. ... The counts of Tours were the medieval feudal suzerains ruling over the region of Touraine in France with their capital at Tours. ... Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count or an earl. ... The Seine (pronounced in French) is a major river of north-western France, and one of its commercial waterways. ... Loire is a département in the east-central part of France occupying the Loire Rivers upper reaches. ... Beauce is an historical region in northern France, located between the Seine and Loire rivers. ... The Touraine is a former province of France. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... A chaplain is typically a member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; lay chaplains are also found in some settings such as universities. ... Louis III (c. ... Carloman (c. ... Also see: France in the Middle Ages. ... Boso was a Frankish noblemen, related to the Carolingian dynasty, and rose to be King of Provence. ... Charles the Fat in the Grandes Chroniques de France. ... Western Francia was the land under the control of Charles the Bald after the Treaty of Verdun of 843, which divided the Carolingian Empire of the Franks into an East, West, and Middle. ... Events May 15 - Pope Marinus I dies. ... Combatants Franks Danes Commanders Odo, Count of Paris Sigfred and Rollo Strength 200 men-at-arms 30,000 The Siege of Paris of 885 to 886 was a Viking siege of Paris, then capital of the kingdom of the West Franks. ...